- Date
- July 17, 1987, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland, OR
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N95407Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870717041019A
- Case key
- 40660
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
Plt was proceeding VFR, no flt plan, no record of wx brief, northbound through siskiyou pass along I-5 from calif into Oregon about 1400 PDT. Plt reported suddenly in clouds, then saw trees. Acft collided with rising terrain 1/2 mile west of point where I-5 turns sharply north from west around shoulder of mt. Ashland. ELT received by satellite, signal tracking by ground units in progress when plt turned ELT off to conserve batt, about 2130 PDT. Plt did not turn ELT on again, next morning made his way to I-5 where state police sighted him.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95407
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2825924
- Airframe hours
- 2,608
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brian L. Good
- Registered owner
- Brian L Good
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 13, 1987 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Destination
- WA22 · Elma, WA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 243 total · 243 in this make and model · 209 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.